Reliable mine water technology

Mine Water and the Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Brown, Adrian ^a  

^a Adrian Brown Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Dewatering; Geochemistry; Inflow; Professionalism; Reliability; Reliable and relevant science

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953536920     PISSN: 10259112     EISSN: 16161068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10230-010-0111-7     Document Type: Article

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